-------------------------------------------A. IN FOCUS
-------------------------------------------1. FRESH UN TALKS ON FUTURE CLIMATE ACTION SET TO BEGIN IN BONN
New talks on future action under the UN-sponsored climate change process will be launched in the week of 15
May in Bonn, Germany.

One round of discussions in the form of a "Dialogue on long-term cooperative action to address climate
change by enhancing implementation of the Convention" will start with a workshop to be held in Bonn on
15 and 16 May. These talks involve all 189 contracting Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

A different track of talks involves the 163 Parties to the Kyoto Protocol. The first round of formal
negotiations under the “Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the
Kyoto Protocol” will be held between 17 and 25 May. The focus of this body will be on further
measures to be taken by industrialized countries for the period after 2012 when the first commitment period
of the Kyoto Protocol ends.

-Learn more: http://unfccc.int/3725
-Prepare for the meetings: Visit section D1 of this e-newsletter for a listing of all documentation you
will need for the May sessions.

-----------------------------2. BUILDING ON THE SUCCESS OF LIMA: ADAPTATION WORKSHOPS FOR ASIA AND AFRICA PLANNED AT UPCOMING
BONN MEETING
The UNFCCC secretariat organized in collaboration with the UNEP regional office and the Peruvian National
Council for the Environment (CONAM – Consejo Nacional del Ambiente) a regional workshop on adaptation
for the Latin American region, from 18-20 April, in Lima, Peru. This workshop was the first of a series of
regional adaptation workshops held pursuant to a request by the Conference of the Parties at its tenth
session.

Latin America includes a wide variety of climatic zones and ecosystems. This renders the continent
particularly vulnerable to diverse impacts of climate change, ranging from sea-level rise to glacial lake
outburst floods. At the same time, assessments of impacts and vulnerability in the region are advanced
enough to enable the identification of appropriate adaptation strategies. A number of Latin American
countries have embarked on the development of comprehensive adaptation plans.

The workshop achieved its objectives of enabling the sharing of information on adaptation to climate change
in different Latin American countries, as well as identifying actions to fill in the gaps and enhance
further measures to promote better assessments of vulnerability and adaptation as well as promote effective
adaptive responses in the region, both to current climate variability and future climate change.

-----------------------------3. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE KYOTO PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE MECHANISM
As the last of the bodies established under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, the treaty’s Compliance
Committee began its operations in March by electing the chairpersons of its enforcement and facilitative
branches.

The Kyoto Protocol compliance mechanism is designed to strengthen the Protocol’s environmental
integrity and the carbon market’s credibility. Its objective is to facilitate, promote and enforce
compliance with the commitments under the Protocol. It is among the most comprehensive and rigorous systems
of compliance for a multilateral environmental agreement. A strong and effective compliance mechanism is
key to the success of the implementation of the Protocol.

The Compliance Committee is now fully operational and getting ready to consider questions of
implementation. This follows work to adopt the Procedures and mechanisms relating to compliance under the
Kyoto Protocol (decision 27/CMP.1), the election of the members and alternates of the facilitative and
enforcement branches, and the election of the chairperson and vice-chairperson of the branches.

10 Apr 2006
UNFCCC is regularly featured in MEA Bulletin; this new publication--from IISD Reporting Services--features
the activities of key multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) and their secretariats. It is supported
by UNEP's Division of Environmental Conventions and ENB experts.http://www.iisd.ca/email/mea-l.htm

28 Feb 2006
Eight young representatives of four Austrian schools travelled by train to Bonn to present acting head
Richard Kinley with a “green footprint” symbolizing their commitment to environmentally
friendly forms of transport.

29-31 May 2006
Bonn, Germany
Second Meeting of the Compliance Committee

19-21 Jul 2006
Bonn, Germany
Executive Board of the Clean Development Mechanism,25th Meeting
(Further meetings will be scheduled during the year)http://cdm.unfccc.int/EB/Meetings

06-17 Nov 2006
Nairobi, Kenya
COP 12 and COP/MOP 2

-------------------------------------------D. DOCUMENT SPOTLIGHT
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1. PREPARING FOR THE MAY SESSIONS
The UNFCCC Digital Library CD-ROM, Volume 7, will be released in Bonn, Germany during the upcoming May
Sessions. This CD-ROM houses all official documents from 1991 till 2006 in an easy to use digital format.

To stay on top of the latest developments during the May sessions, the following list shows you where to
find the documents for each event.
(Note that these hyperlinks are long and may break onto a second line. If the links do not work, just click
on the first part, and then copy the second part into your browser.)

2. FINAL DOCUMENTS FROM COP 11 & COP/MOP 1
On 31 March 2006, UNFCCC posted the final COP 11 & COP/MOP 1 conference reports, which includes all
decisions and resolutions in one package. Download the reports here:

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